Are you thinking about starting a business? If so, we think you’ll enjoy reading about how these seasoned entrepreneurs thought about the question when they were in your shoes.

Lovetty Soetan | Owner

I got married in October 2018. By November my husband and I were discussing when we wanted to start having children. At that point reality had set in that I needed something to leave behind for my future children. At that time, I was working full-time at an oil and gas company which was taking up most of my time and attention so I knew it had to start a business that was easy to start up and didn’t take up a lot of my time. Read more>>

Michelle Gazzaneo | Media Producer

Starting my own business stemmed from the idea of me being able to be my own boss, also to have the freedom to express my creativity through the medium of digital media, something that’s been a passion of mine from a young age. I went to college at University of Houston and studied communications with an emphasis in Media Production, where I was able to learn about various aspects of digital media, but from a young age videography had always caught my eye in particular. Read more>>

Sarah Lillian | Online Coach & Content Creator

Initially, I just wanted to share my personal journey. As time progressed it became apparent that this was much more than just MY journey. I wanted to help others understand they can live a lifestyle without restrictions. I wanted to help others find THEIR power. Through online coaching and social media I have been able to show others how to live more flexible through exercise, food, and connection to the mind. Read more>>

Marlies Fitch Ledbetter | Founder and CEO of Indie Hemp Company and Indie Cannabis Consulting

Around 8 years ago we had seen such good results from these plant based products specifically, that we thought how incredibly ridiculous it was that most of the community didn’t understand the benefits from the cannabis plant. Being that so many lies and miseducation around the medical benefits had been shared for better part of a century, and that the “stoner” community hadn’t quite convinced the general population it was something worth looking at, Read more>>

Ken Maurice Kellogg | KMS Owner & Photographer

Reason for starting my own business is simple. I had always been the type of person to do things my own way and be in control of what I have. I was not the type of person to follow trends and go with the flow of what everyone else is doing. I had to have my own. So, after working with a company for about a year as a freelance photographer, I learned the basics of what it takes to keep a business afloat in this wedding industry. Having a business savvy wife Who had been in the industry for a few years before me, the process became even easier. She wrote the policies and I was the artist. Read more>>

DeLana Davis | Director of Training Services & Instructor

I’ve always had a passion for people. At times I was afraid to step out on my own being a single mom, However after experiencing bullying, supervisors sabotaging my job, and medical emergencies due to high levels of stress not having a well enough rounded work/life balance. I couldn’t take off for doctors appointments and I was missing pivotal moments with my boys. My stress levels were so high that one day in 2013 I passed out at work and was rushed to the hosiptal. Read more>>